The Restoration of Empire

Nikola Eftimov 2011
(Sprezzatura line)

Collection: "The Restoration of Empire"

Visual dedication to: Jacques-Louis David, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Antoine-Jean Gros, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and John Singer Sargent

Concept:

  • stylistic opposites: Neoclassicism/Romanticism; Empire/Restoration...

  • irony

  • aestheticism

  • two generations; mother/daughter

  • aging and rejuvenation

  • old and new

  • intimate storytelling

  • timeless vs. trendy

  • metropolitan vs. provincial

  • evolution vs. revolution (of ideas and not only)

  • contemplation over the boundaries between fashion and anti-fashion

  • handwork and beyond

Brand motto: By skill not force

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